• Creating a nature friendly family garden on a budget, attracting wildlife to our new home • Supporting local wild animals of town through simple backyard conservation • Identifying the new species to visit or colonise our green space • Appreciating the natural neighbours sharing our urban habitat •

Thursday, 22 October 2015

Here is an extract from BBC Nature's Features, on how to help wildlife in your garden. Helen Bostock, wildlife garden expert from the Royal Horticultural Society, gives us her top ten flowers, herbs, shrubs & trees to plant to attract & provide for wildlife...There is some debate between experts over whether native plant species are better for our wildlife and a study is currently underway at the Royal Horticultural Society's Wisley garden in Surrey to determine which bugs like best.

Helen Bostock is a RHS wildlife gardening specialist who runs the Plants for Bugs project and has researched the most frequently recommended plants to attract the birds, bees, butterflies and more.